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Crash Consistency
Rethinking the fundamental abstractions of the file system.
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Testing a Distributed System
Testing a distributed system can be trying even under the best of circumstances.
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Natural Language Translation at the Intersection of AI and HCI
Old questions being answered with both AI and HCI.
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Low-Latency Distributed Applications in Finance
The finance industry has unique demands for low-latency distributed systems.
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Go Static or Go Home
In the end, dynamic systems are simply less secure.
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Hadoop Superlinear Scalability
The perpetual motion of parallel performance.
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Model-Based Testing: Where Does It Stand?
MBT has positive effects on efficiency and effectiveness, even if it only partially fulfills high expectations.
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Scalability Techniques For Practical Synchronization Primitives
Designing locking primitives with performance in mind.
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No Such Thing as a General-Purpose Processor
And the belief in such a device is harmful.
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A Decade of Progress in Parallel Programming Productivity
Looking at the design and benefits of X10.
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Undergraduate Software Engineering
Addressing the needs of professional software development.
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Don't Settle For Eventual Consistency
Stronger properties for low-latency geo-replicated storage.
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Node at LinkedIn: The Pursuit of Thinner, Lighter, Faster
A discussion with Kiran Prasad, Kelly Norton, and Terry Coatta.
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Provenance in Sensor Data Management
A cohesive, independent solution for bringing provenance to scientific research.
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The Challenge of Cross-Language Interoperability
Interfacing between languages is becoming more important
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Intermediate Representation
The increasing significance of intermediate representations in compilers.
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Barbarians at the Gateways
A special section on high-frequency trading and exchange technology.
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Online Algorithms in High-Frequency Trading
The challenges faced by competing HFT algorithms.
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